From dgirard@netcom.com Fri Sep 15 20:49:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!netcom!dgirard From: dgirard@netcom.com (Diego Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep15.204911.8455@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 20:49:11 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Diego Girard "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / AmigaOS 3.1 From atanaka@kth.se Sun Sep 17 17:45:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!kth!atanaka From: atanaka@kth.se (Astrid Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep17.174511.2332@kth.se> Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 17:45:11 GMT References: <1995Sep15.204911.8455@netcom.com> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep15.204911.8455@netcom.com>, dgirard@netcom.com (Diego Girard) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. > Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. That's the genius of the Akasaka singles. The music is smiling and sunny, but her lyrics are still about carrier waves and locked doors. -- Astrid Tanaka Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. ------------------------------------------------------------ From hjohansson@clari.net Tue Sep 19 09:03:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!clari!hjohansson From: hjohansson@clari.net (Hugo Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep19.090311.1255@clari.net> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 09:03:11 GMT References: <1995Sep15.204911.8455@netcom.com> <1995Sep17.174511.2332@kth.se> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep17.174511.2332@kth.se>, atanaka@kth.se (Astrid Tanaka) writes: > That's the genius of the Akasaka singles. The music is smiling and sunny, but her lyrics are still about carrier waves and locked doors. That's the genius of the Akasaka singles. The music is smiling and sunny, but her lyrics are still about carrier waves and locked doors. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Hugo Johansson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.